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When kids cross the gender divide

Started by Butterfly, August 17, 2010, 05:08:42 PM

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August 17, 2010, 05:08:42 PM
When kids cross the gender divide
Chicago Tribune
By Nara Schoenberg
17 August, 2010


http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/family/sc-fam-0817-gender-issue-20100817,0,1672852.story


Does your 4-year-old son dress up in his big sister's tiaras and princess costumes?

Does your 3-year-old daughter hate dolls?

With celebrity gossip sites buzzing over Angelina Jolie's comment that her 4-year-old daughter, Shiloh, wants to be a boy, media reports spotlighting rare cases of transgender children and even children's books beginning to tackle the issue, concerned parents are sifting through a lot of contradictory information.

"I think parents are very worried and confused and there isn't clear-cut advice," says Ellen Perrin, chief of developmental-behavioral pediatrics at the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. "It's a complex issue."
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